Comic-Con Q&A: G4's Alison Haislip

The fans make Comic-Con and G4's Alison Haislip hopes to have more time for them at this year's event.

"I'm really looking forward to it because I think G4 realized last year that our fans truly love being a part of us there," said Haislip recently. (Her's her gamer profile.) she said recently. "We're doing more autograph signings. The panel is in a much bigger room. we have a show signing. I feel like last year when I did a small little signing and the rest of the time I was working I'm actually going to have a lot more time with the fans."

The Attack of the Show panel happens on Saturday with show co-hosts Kevin Pereira and Olivia Munn and fellow segment host Blair Butler, Haislip has autograph signings on Friday at the San Diego event. "This is the first year we are going to have an X-Play panel (Thursday), as well because they do believe there's enough video games love there at Comic-Con to have them have a panel there."

How would describe the atmosphere and attitude of Attack of the Show?It's always fun and crazy and honestly never know what is going to happen any day you walk in. Somedays you walk in and they go, 'Alright, today we are going to do the entire show from a hot tub' and some days you walk in and they're like, 'OK you're going to do The Feed dressed as a Shakespearean character.' I'm like 'Alright, whatever.' I roll with it. It keeps it interesting.

What is the craziest thing you have done on Attack of the Show?What comes to mind is actually one of the first packages I did, it might have been a little over two years ago. It was on a Suzuki superbike and I actually rode on the back of it with one of their professional racers on a figure eight race track. We went 160 miles per hour with me literally sitting on the back holding on. No seatbelt and there was no seat back. If I had let go I would have just flown right off the back. It was one of the most terrifying moments in my life and I was like 'I should have called my parents before I got on this thing because I might not see them ever again.' But I made it through. I lived. I never want to do it again. But I'm glad I have the story.

You've done some movies and TV. Favorite role so far? I was on an episode of Reno 911, where I played a white-trash bungee-jumping bride. That show is truly not scripted. You show up and they say, 'This is who you are. Go!' And you are acting with these fantastic improv actors who have been doing this show forever. So that was definitely one of my greatest learning experiences and was also just hysterical. I got in a screaming match with Tom Lennon. Who wouldn't love that? But for film, I just shot a movie in March that is tentatively called Division III. It's a film about a really awful Division III football team just trying to make it. The main character is the second-string quarterback and I play his love interest. I was basically the only girl on set for the entire time. It was just full of laughter and hilarity. The coach is played by Andy Dick, who is by far one of the funniest people I have ever worked with. It should come out some time next year, but I don't know exactly when.

Do you have a goal with your acting?Ultimately, I'd love to be doing films all the time. I get the greatest satisfaction out of doing film. I feel it's really the point where you can look at a whole life of a character and really create their arc and their journey. On TV, you never know what the writers are going to give you for the next episode. Ultimately, I'd like to be doing film, but for sure I would love to get myself on a sitcom at some point and try to make everyone laugh as much as I can.

When I talked to Olivia Munn she said that the show has been great training for her.Live television is probably one of the greatest vehicles for getting yourself to let go that I have been a part of. You are stuck to a script when you are doing theater, but when you are doing Attack of the Show, there is a script but whether or not we really stick to that is up to us. Wherever the moment takes us, it takes us. The first couple of times I did live TV for Attack, I was so nervous. I'm going to screw up. I'm not really good at reading teleprompters. Oh this is going to be horrible. But when I realized that screwing up was the best part of the show I just let go. Those times when I'm up there with Kevin or Chris (Gore) and we're laughing, we are actually laughing. We actually get a kick out of each other. It's always a good time.

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